CloserStill Media was the big winner at this year’s EN Awards, taking home three trophies for Best Brand Expansion, Show Rising Star, and Best Operations Team.
The Best Brand Expansion award went to CloserStill’s Best Practice London event for the GP and primary care sector. The Show Rising Star accolade went to the organiser’s HR Technologies UK exhibition, which debuted at ExCeL London in May last year.
Other winning organisers on a celebratory evening for the UK exhibitions industry, which took place at Park Plaza Westminster on 28 March, included Nineteen Group, Easyfairs, Raccoon Media Group, ROAR B2B, Quartz Business Media, RX, Media 10, Ocean Media Group and Informa.
Nineteen Group won two trophies for Best Commercial Team (The Safety & Security Team) and Best Organiser Salesperson, which went to the Retail Technology Show’s Katy Flaherty.
Media 10’s CEO Lee Newton won EN’s Pioneer Award.
The full list of Gold and Silver category winners is as follows:
Best Brand Expansion
Gold: Best Practice London – CloserStill Media
Silver: Solar and Storage Live – Terrapin
Best Commercial or Association Partnership
Gold: Plastics Recycling Show Europe – Crain Communications
Silver: Counter Fraud Conference – GovNet
Best Commercial Team
Gold: The Safety & Security Team – Nineteen Group
Silver: FT Live
Best Consumer Show
Gold: Snowbound Expo 2023 – Raccoon Media Group
Silver: MCM ComicCon London 2023 – RX Global
Best Consumer Show Marketing Campaign
Gold: Naidex – ROAR B2B
Silver: Women in Business & Tech Expo – Hub Exhibitions
Best Event Director
Gold: Emma Victoria-Fell – HETT
Silver: Emma Banymandhub – PAY360 (The Payments Association)
Best Feature Area
Gold: Grand Designs Live – Media10
Silver: Decorex – Informa Markets
Best International Trade Show
Gold: Accountex España – Diversified Communications
Silver: New York Build Expo 2023 – Oliver Kinross
Best International Venue
Gold: RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre
Silver: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre
Best Newcomer
Gold: Dilruk Wijesinghe – Informa Markets
Silver: Sonia Diaz – Easyfairs
Best Operations Team
Gold: CloserStill Media
Silver: Brintex Events (The Hemming Group)
Best Organiser Salesperson
Gold: Katy Flaherty – Nineteen Group (Retail Technology Show)
Silver: Arlene Corrigan – QD Events
Best Supplier to Exhibitors
Gold: Whitespace Group
Silver: Thorns Group
Best Supplier to Organisers
Gold: Kuehne+Nagel
Silver: ASP Events
Best Trade Show Marketing Campaign
Gold: Reset Connect London 2023
Silver: Automechanika Birmingham – Messe Frankfurt UK
Best Trade Show Over 2,000sqm
Gold: Housing Week 2023 – Ocean Media Group
Silver: Solar and Storage Live UK – Terrapinn
Best Trade Show Under 2,000sqm
Gold: PAY360 – The Payments Association
Silver: Safety, Health and Wellbeing Live – What Else Events
Best UK Venue
Gold: Business Design Centre
Silver: Exhibition Centre Liverpool – ACC Liverpool
Diversity & Inclusion
Gold: RX
Silver: ROAR B2B
Employer of the Year
Gold: Quartz Business Media
Silver: Diversified Communications
ESG Award
Gold: Easyfairs
Silver: Raccoon Media Group
Event Tech of the Year
Gold: VenuIQ
Silver: Visit by GES
Show Rising Star
Gold: HR Technologies UK – CloserStill Media
Silver: Accountex España – Diversified Communications UK
Source: www.exhibitionworld.co.uk
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